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indelving

indelving is the present participle and gerund of indelve.

Meaning of indelve

Verb

indelve (third-person singular simple present indelves, present participle indelving, simple past indelved or (obsolete) indolve, past participle indelved or (obsolete) indolve or (obsolete) indolven)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bury.
  2. To dig or delve into.
    • Although this port brings out that there are known cases where, on interline traffic, the delivering carrier had collected, but failed to remit to the consignor, it did indelve into the liability of the initial carrier to the consignor, […]1959, Traffic Service Corporation, Traffic world: Volume 103
  3. To engrave.
    • The Vision was in the form of a Book in heaven with small and minute in script and indelved upon Gold of the purest form.2006, Robert L. Vincent, Jr.; Consuelo M. Vincent, The Prophecy and Testament

Questions about indelving

What is indelving the present participle and gerund of?
Indelving is the present participle and gerund of indelve.

Words near indelving in the dictionary

  1. indeloxazine
  2. indels
  3. indelve
  4. indelved
  5. indelves
  6. indelving
  7. Indem.
  8. indemn
  9. indemnifiable
  10. indemnificate
  11. indemnificated

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